Biden signs controversial bills
President Biden signed a pair of controversial bills into law Wednesday. The first was a $95 billion foreign aid package supporting Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The second bill was a potential ban on TikTok.
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President Biden has signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, fails to sell it within a year. The bill, which includes aid for Ukraine and Israel, was passed by the U.S. Senate in a 79-18 vote late Tuesday after the House passed it with overwhelming majority over the weekend. The bill gives ByteDance nine months to divest TikTok, with a 90-day extension available to complete a deal.
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